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RODES, Godfrey (1631-81), of Great Houghton, Darfield, Yorks.

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bap. 8 Oct. 1631, 1st s. of Sir Edward Rodes*.Darfield par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 90; Familiae Minorum Gentium (Harl. Soc. xxxvii), 38. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 11 Oct. 1648;Al Cant. G. Inn 12 Feb. 1652.G. Inn Admiss. unm. suc. fa. 19 Feb. 1666;Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 130. bur. 27 Apr. 1681 27 Apr. 1681.Darfield par. reg.
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Local: commry. Edinburgh c.1655-c.1660.Scotland under the Protectorate ed. C.H. Firth (Scottish Hist. Soc. xxxi), 317; TSP vii. 463. Commr. causes matrimonial and testamentary, Scotland 12 Mar. 1657.Sheffield City Archives, CM/1574.

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RODES, Godfrey (1631-81), of Great Houghton, Darfield, Yorks.
: of Great Houghton, Darfield, Yorks.
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RODES, Godfrey (1631-81), of Great Houghton, Darfield, Yorks.

Will
24 Apr. 1681, pr. 30 June 1681.Sheffield City Archives, CM/493.
Estates
inherited estate in and around Great Houghton worth £620 p.a.Sheffield City Archives, CM/1577. He was forced to sell of many of these properties after his fa.’s death, although he appears to have retained Great Houghton and the lease of the tithes in Darfield.Sheffield City Archives, CM/493.
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INGRAM, Sir Arthur (?1571-1642), of Dean’s Yard, Westminster, Temple Newsam and York, Yorks.

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?bap. 9 Sept. 1571,St Katherine, Coleman Street, London par. reg. 2nd s. of Hugh Ingram (d. 1614), Tallowchandler of London and Anne, da. of Richard Goldthorpe†, haberdasher of York.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 262; PROB11/123/308. educ. factor (Italy, Turkey).CJ i. 596a. m. (1) Susan, da. of Richard Browne, Fishmonger of Bread Street, London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.;B. Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages (1883), 296; PROB11/74/474. (2) Sept. 1613 (with £3,000), Alice (d. 3 Oct. 1614), da. of William Ferrers, Mercer of London and Bromley, Mdx. wid. of John Halliday, merchant, of London, 1s.;G.E. Cokayne, Some Acct. of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of the City of London (1897), 27; Letters of John Chamberlain, ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 476. (3) 1615, Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Edward Greville† of Milcote, Warws. 1s. d.v.p.A.F. Upton, Sir Arthur Ingram (Oxford, 1961), 71-2. Kntd. 9 July 1613.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 153. d. 24 Aug. 1642.Upton, Ingram, 258.
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Local: waiter, port of London by 1601. 1613 – 32HMC Hatfield, xi. 210. Sec. and kpr. of signet, council of the north,; member, 1613 – 25, 1626–41.R.R. Reid, The King’s Council in the North (1921), 489, 497; Coventry Docquets, 183. Sewers, West Ham 1613;C181/2, f. 193. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1628, 1631;C181/3, f. 249v; C181/4, f. 82. River Derwent, Yorks. 1629;C181/4, f. 1. N. Riding 1632;C181/4, f. 114. Hatfield Chase Level 1634-aft. Dec. 1637;C181/4, f. 174; C181/6, ff. 16v, 87. Ancholme Level 5 Dec. 1635.C181/5, f. 27. Kpr. Sheriff Hutton park, Yorks. 1615–27.Upton, Ingram, 151. Commr. new buildings, London 1615.Upton, Ingram, 67. J.p. Yorks. 1617 – d.; Warws. 1618–22.C231/4, ff. 31, 68. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1617–d.C181/2, f. 267, 333v; C181/3, ff. 8, 262v; C181/4, ff. 14v, 197v; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203. Sheriff, Yorks. 1619–20.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 163. Commr. Forced Loan, E., N., W. Riding 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 13v, 15, 16v. recusants, northern cos. 1627-aft. July 1638;APC 1627, p. 313; C66/2615/1; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 47; ix. pt. 1, p. 58; pt. 2, p. 162. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, E. Riding 1633;Hull Hist. Centre, U DDHA/18/35. subsidy, W. Riding, Westminster 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. embezzlement inquiry, York 9 Aug. 1641;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 3, p. 65. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, W. Riding, Westminster 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Yorks. 18 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Central: controller of customs, 1603–13.E351/614; Upton, Ingram, 2; AO15/2, p. 151. Manager, wine licences, 1605–14.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL100/PO/6/III/1. Collector of dyewood and starch duties, 1607–8.CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 370, 421; E214/157. Contractor for crown lands, 1607–15.Upton, Ingram, 23–7. Manager of alum works, Yorks. and Dorset 1612–15; farmer, 1615–25.R.B. Turton, Alum Farm (1938), 83–153. Commr. trade, 1621–2;APC 1621–3, p. 208. dyewoods, 1633;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 125. newly erected offices, 1634;Coventry Docquets, 40. exacted fees, 1635–40;G.E. Aylmer, ‘Charles I’s commission of fees’, BIHR xxxi. 61. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

Mercantile: Merchant Adventurer. Member, cttee. Virg. Co. 1610.T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire (1967), 321.

Irish: farmer of customs, Ireland 1613–15.CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 195; E122/235/11.

Court: cofferer of the household, Feb.-July 1615.Letters of John Chamberlain, 584–5.

Civic: freeman, York 1624.York City Archives, York House Bk. 34, f. 270.

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INGRAM, Arthur (c.1565-1642), of Fenchurch Street, London; later of Dean’s Yard, Westminster, Temple Newsam and York, Yorks.
: of Dean’s Yard, Temple Newsam, Westminster and Yorks., York.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, G. Geldorp, 1641.Temple Newsam, Leeds Museums and Galleries.

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INGRAM, Sir Arthur (?1571-1642), of Dean’s Yard, Westminster, Temple Newsam and York, Yorks.

Will
15 Aug. 1640, pr. 10 Sept. 1642.PROB11/190/244.
Estates
owned substantial estates, especially in Yorkshire; bought manor of Dalby, Yorks. 1637.Coventry Docquets, 703.
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TEMPLE, Thomas (1614-74), of Stanton Bury, Bucks.

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b. 1614, 2nd s. of Sir John Temple of Stanton Bury and Dorothy, da. of Edmund Lee of Stanton Bury. suc. fa. 23 Sept. 1632. cr. bt. 7 July 1662. unm. d. 27 Mar. 1674.CB.
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Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), army of 3rd earl of Essex, 15 July 1642–?1645.SP28/1A/49; SP28/7/107; Peacock, Army Lists, 56. Col. Nova Scotia forces, Aug. 1656-May 1660.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 286–9.

Colonial: gov. Nova Scotia 17 Sept. 1656 – May 1660, 10 July 1662-July 1667.CB; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 286–9.

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TEMPLE, Thomas (1614-74), of Stanton Bury, Bucks.
: Bucks.
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TEMPLE, Thomas (1614-74), of Stanton Bury, Bucks.

Will
Temple’s will (‘which he left in New England’ in 1673) appears not to have survived.Recs. Suffolk County Court, i. 476-7.
Estates
inherited lands at Stanton Bury, Bucks.; held share in territory of Nova Scotia, Aug. 1656-July 1667, and lands in New England;Oxford DNB. at his d. Temple was insolvent, and his New England properties were divided among his creditors.Recs. of Suffolk County Court (2 vols., Collns. Colonial Soc. Mass., xxix-xxx, Boston 1933), i. 476-7.
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D’EWES, Sir Simonds (1602-50), of Stowlangtoft and Lavenham, Suff.

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b. 18 Dec. 1602, 1st s. of Paul D’Ewes of Welshall, Suff., clerk-in-chancery and 1st w. Sisillia, da. of Richard Simonds of Coxden, Chardstock, Dorset.Harl. 646, ff. 1, 13, 13v, 40v. educ. privately, Coxden (Richard White);Harl. 646, ff. 10v-11. Lavenham g.s.;Harl. 646, ff. 12-13. Wambroke, Dorset (Christopher Malaker) 1611-14;Harl. 646, f. 15v. St Mary Axe, London (Henry Reynolds), 1615-16; Bury St Edmunds. g.s. Suff. (John Dickenson), 1617-18;Harl. 646, ff. 28v-29. St John’s, Camb. 1618 (Richard Holdsworth).Harl. 646, f. 38. adm. M. Temple 1611, entered 1620, called 1623.D'Ewes, Autobiography ed. J.O. Halliwell (2 vols. 1845), i. 44; MTR ii. 538, 659, 682. m. (1) 24 Oct. 1626, Anne Clopton (d. 27 July 1641), da. of Sir William Clopton of Kentwell, Long Melford, Suff. 5s. (5 d.v.p.), 5 da. (3 d.v.p.); Harl. 646, ff. 45, 45v, 94v-95v. (2) 20 Sept. 1642, Elizabeth (d. 1655), da. of Sir Henry Willoughby 1st bt. of Risley, Derbys., 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.). Kntd. 6 Dec. 1626, cr. bt. 15 July 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 191; CB ii. 103. suc. fa. 14 Mar. 1631.CB ii. 103. d. 18 Apr. 1650.Stowlangtoft par. reg.
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Local: sheriff, Suff. 1639–40.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix.), 132. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR.; A. and O. oyer and terminer, 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, f. 232. gaol delivery, Suff., Bury St Edmunds 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, ff. 232v, 233. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645; sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646;C181/5, f. 269. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations by 12 Dec. 1642, 16 Oct. 1644.Harl. 164, f. 247v; CJ iii. 666b. Commr. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643; abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O.

Religious: presented George Speed to Stowlangtoft, April 1644;Harl. 483, f. 53. William Gurnall to Lavenham, Dec. 1644.Harl. 483, f. 153v. Elder, tenth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 428.

Court: kpr. king’s medals and coins, 19 Oct. 1648.Harl. 6988, f. 216.

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D’EWES, Sir Simonds (1602-50), of Stowlangtoft and Lavenham, Suff.
: Suff.
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D’EWES, Sir Simonds (1602-50), of Stowlangtoft and Lavenham, Suff.

Will
19 Sept. 1639, superseded by another 19 June 1645, pr. 28 June 1650.Autobiography, ii. 148-58; PROB11/212, f. 292v.
Estates
in 1631, his Dorset estate at Chardstock produced more than £800 in fines and rents.Autobiography, ii. 7. At death, left manor and advowson of Stowlangtoft; manor of Lavenham.
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rented house in Russell St, Covent Garden, Westminster by Sept. 1642.S. McGee, An Industrious Mind: The Worlds of Sir Simonds D’Ewes (Stanford, California, 2015), 306.
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LORT, Sampson (c. 1609-67), of East Moor, Manorbier, Pemb.

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b. c.1609, 2nd s. of Henry Lort (d. c.Nov. 1640) of Stackpole Court, Stackpole Elidir and Judith, da. of Henry White of Henllan.PROB11/185, f. 114; NLW, Morgan Richardson mss 259; W. Wales Hist. Recs. ii. 61; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 125. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 3 Nov. 1626 ‘aged 17’.Al. Ox. m. (1) Olive, da. of Sir John Phillipps 1st bt. of Picton, 1s. 1da.; (2) c. June 1641, Lettice da. of Thomas ap Rice of Scotsborough, s.p.PROB11/324, f. 59; F. Jones, ‘Rickeston and Scotsborough’, Pemb. Historian, ii. 30; Rev. Canon Wynne-Edwards, ‘Hist Parish of Meifod’, Mont. Collns. ix. 339. d. 1667.PROB11/324, f. 59.
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Local: j.p. Pemb. 1 Apr. 1643 – 19 Aug. 1650, 22 July 1652 – bef.Oct. 1660; Haverfordwest ?by May 1652 – ?58, 19 Oct. 1659–11 Sept. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 218–21, 243; Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 111, 125. Commr. assoc. of Pemb., Carm. and Card. 10 June 1644;A. and O. assessment, Pemb. 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659;A. and O. S. Wales 14 Mar. 1655;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 16. Haverfordwest 26 July 1659; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649.A. and O. Sheriff, Pemb. 22 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 324b; List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 266. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Pemb. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by 27 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 35; TSP iv. 583.

Military: ?capt. militia, Pemb. 1659.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 169–70.

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LORT, Sampson (c. 1609-67), of East Moor, Manorbier, Pemb.
: Manorbier, Pemb.
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LORT, Sampson (c. 1609-67), of East Moor, Manorbier, Pemb.

Will
21 May 1663, pr. 17 May 1667.PROB11/324, f. 59.
Estates
at d. 5 messuages in Carew, 5 in Manorbier, 3 in Monkton; 1 in St Mary’s, Pembroke; at least 4 in Rhoscrowther; 13 messuages and 2 mills in Walton East, Pemb.PROB11/324, f. 59.
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NORTON, Sir Gregory, 1st bt. (1594-1652), of Charlton, Wantage, Berks., Hampden, Bucks., Covent Garden, Mdx. and Richmond, Surr.

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bap. 15 Dec. 1594, 2nd s. of Henry Norton (bur. 19 Jan. 1595) of Richmond and Charlton, and Elizabeth, da. of William Nelson of Chaddleworth, Berks.St Mary, Merton, Surr. par. reg.; Mdx. Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. lxv), 114-16; Four Vis. Berks. 115-6. educ. G. Inn, 4 Aug. 1629.GI Admiss. 188. m. 17 Aug. 1620, Martha (d. ?1671), da. of Bradshaw Drew of Densworth, Suss., wid. of John Gunter of Suss. at least 2s. (1 d.v.p.), inc. Sir Henry Norton*, 2da. (?d.v.p.).St Gregory by St Paul, London, par. reg.; Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 13. cr. bt. 27 Apr. 1624.CB. bur. 26 Mar. 1652 26 Mar. 1652.St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surr. par. reg.
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Court: gent. pensioner, 1 Apr. 1634-aft. Aug. 1642.Badminton, Beaufort Archives, Fm H2/4/1, f. 17v; E407/1/49.

Local: j.p. Devon 26 June 1638 – 24 Nov. 1643, 6 Mar. 1647–d.;C231/5, p. 301; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 103–4; Devon RO, DQS 28/2. Suss. 13 June 1640–?, 20 Sept. 1645–d.;C231/5, p. 388; C231/6, p. 21; Suss. QSOB 1642–9, 18, 82; C193/13/4, f. 100. Bucks., Mdx., Surr. by Feb. 1650–d.C193/13/3, ff. 4, 41, 62; C193/13/4, ff. 6, 60, 96v. Recvr. Midhurst and Chichester (parlian.) 3 Sept. 1642.PA, HL/PO/JO/10/1/132. Member, I.o.W. cttee. 20 June 1644;CJ iii. 537a; IoW RO, OG/BB/484. sequestration cttee. Westminster 7 Aug. 1644.CJ iii. 580a; LJ vi. 663a. Commr. New Model ordinance, Mdx., Suss. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. assessment, Bucks. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Devon, Suss. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Mdx. and Westminster 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx., Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650;A. and O. Westminster and Mdx. militia, 9 Sept. 1647; militia, Bucks. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650.A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11).

Military: commr. to raise 100 men in Suss. for I.o.W. 19 Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 281b.

Central: member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 May 1646;CJ iv. 532a; LJ viii. 305a. cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646;A. and O. cttee. for the revenue, 18 Dec. 1648.CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 632b. Commr. for compounding, 18 Dec. 1648;CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 632b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iv. 1379. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan. 1652;CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649; cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 24 May 1649;CJ vi. 216a. cttee. for indemnity, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b.

Religious: member, vestry of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, 6 May 1646;WCA, F2002, f. 146. presented Nicholas Hacksupp to Ravenstone rectory, Derby, 27 Jan. 1652.Add. 36792, f. 37; Al. Cant.

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NORTON, Sir Gregory, 1st bt. (1594-1652), of Charlton, Wantage, Berks., Hampden, Bucks., Covent Garden, Mdx. and Richmond, Surr.
: 1st bt. (1594-1652) of Charlton, Berks., Hampden, Bucks., Mdx., Wantage 1594 – 1652 and Surr., Richmond.
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NORTON, Sir Gregory, 1st bt. (1594-1652), of Charlton, Wantage, Berks., Hampden, Bucks., Covent Garden, Mdx. and Richmond, Surr.

Will
12 Mar., pr. 24 Sept. 1652;,PROB11/223/270. Posthumously attainted, 1660.
Estates
?bef. 1620, inherited from bro. manor of Hampdens, Penn, Bucks.VCH Bucks iii. 238. 1620, acquired Densworth manor, Suss. on his marriage.Suss. Manors, i. 126; Bodl. Rawl. A.246, f. 111v. Bef. 1623, property at Charlton, near Wantage, Berks.Vis. Berks. 115-6. Bef. 1628, property in Burnham, Bucks.E115/285/73. Bef. Jan. 1631, 38 acres in West Hampnett, nr. Chichester and 20 acres in Bosham, Suss.Coventry Docquets, 610. 1632, acquired manor and advowson of Thorney Aglands, Chichester.F.H. Arnold ‘Thorney Island’, Suss. Arch. Coll. xxxii. 8-9. Acquired wardship of Francis Drew and interests in Devon, 1633.Coventry Docquets, 328. Bef. 1639, acquired manor of Stokenham, Devon.CCSP v. 41. In Sept. 1649 granted sequestered house of Sir Roger Palmer at Charing Cross, London.CJ iii. 580a; CJ iv. 269b; LJ vi. 663a; LJ vii. 583b, 588b, 590b; CCC 25. ?-bef. 1649, with Sir Allen Apsley and others, acquired manor of Little Gransden, Cambs.E134/24ChasI/East1. In 1650, he leased Oatlands from the commrs. for the sale of fee farm rents.Bodl. Rawl. A.246, f. 111v; CSP Dom. 1651-2, p. 88. Purchased Landulph and Climsland Prior, Cornw. and Stokenham rectory, Devon, with army debentures, for £3,636. In May 1651 purchased property in London with Humphrey Edwardes*, for £2,246.E320/D16; E121/1/6/20; E121/5/7/73; CUL, Dd.VIII.30.6, ff. 5v-6; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 344. At his death also held leases with Edwardes on property in Sweden Court, East Smithfield.CCC 1797. Acquired Richmond Palace, a former crown property.E317/Surrey/47. In June 1644, he was assessed, as of Westminster, at £500;CCAM 404. his estate was valued at £400 p.a. in the register of regicides’ estates.LR2/266, f. 1v.
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bef. Apr. 1645, residence in Westminster;J.F. Merritt, Westminster 1640-1660 (2013), 160. St Martin-in-the-Fields, bef. May 1646;WCA, F2002, f. 146. King Street, Covent Garden, London, 1647, 1650-1.Survey of London, xxxvi. 152.
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STRICKLAND, Sir William (c.1596-1673), of Boynton, Yorks.

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b. c.1596, 1st s. of Walter Strickland of Boynton, and Frances (bur. 29 Apr. 1636), da. of Peter Wentworth† of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon.; bro. of Walter Strickland*.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 123-4. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1614;Al. Cant. adm. G. Inn 21 May 1617.G. Inn Admiss. 145. m. (1) 18 June 1622, Margaret (bur. 28 Oct. 1629), da. of Sir Richard Cholmley† of Whitby, Yorks. 4da.; (2) 3 May 1631, Frances (d. 17 Dec. 1663), da. of Thomas Finch, 2nd earl of Winchelsea, of Eastwell, Kent, 1s. (Thomas Strickland*).J. Foster, Yorks. Peds.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 124; Whitby Par. Reg. ed. J. Charlesworth (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. lxxxiv), 102. Kntd. 24 June 1630;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. suc. fa. 31 Jan. 1636;C142/553/45. cr. bt. 30 July 1641.CB. d. 12 Sept. 1673.Whitby par. reg.
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Local: j.p. (Yorks.) E. Riding 22 June 1630 – bef.Oct. 1660; N. Riding 23 June 1630-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, pp. 35, 36. W. Riding 23 Aug. 1644-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 6; Add. 29674, f. 148; Belvoir, Original Letters, Members of the Long Parliament, PZ.1, f. 48. Kent by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C193/13/3, f. 33; C193/13/4, f. 47v. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657-aft. Apr. 1659.C181/6, p. 196; C231/6, p. 430. Commr. sewers, N. Riding 28 Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 114. E. Riding 5 Dec. 1634 – aft.June 1641, by June 1654-Sept. 1660.C181/4, f. 189v; C181/5, ff. 41v, 198; C181/6, pp. 46, 403. Capt. militia ft. by c.1635–42;Add. 28082, f. 80v. col. c. Mar. 1639 – aft.May 1640, 27 Mar. 1660–?Strafforde Letters, ii. 308; Add. 36913, f. 45; SP29/42, ff. 133v-134; Notts. RO, DD/SR/216/1. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 23 Jan. 1637-aft. June 1641, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 64v, 203; C181/6, pp. 18, 375. Kent 4 July 1644; gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 235v, 236v. Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655.C181/6, p. 101. Dep. lt. E. Riding c.Jan. 1639–?;Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P10a/273–8, 18/171. Kent 13 Sept. 1643–?CJ iii. 238b; LJ vi. 215b. Commr. disarming recusants, W. Riding 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. further subsidy, E. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; N. Riding 1660;SR. assessment, E. Riding 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; N. Riding 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Kent 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642.CJ ii. 577b; LJ v. 82b. Custos rot. E. Riding 5 Aug. 1642-Sept. 1644.C231/5 p. 534 Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, Kent 17 Feb. 1645; Northern Assoc. E., N. Riding 20 June 1645; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. E., N. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. charitable uses, W. Riding 21 May 1650;C93/20/30. Yorks. 19 Sept. 1650, 22 Apr. 1651;C93/20/27; C93/21/1. Hull 8 Dec. 1651;Hull History Centre, U DDHO/1/65; Yorks. Diaries ed. C. Jackson (Surt. Soc. lxv), 425. N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658.C93/25/1. Visitor, Greetham and Sherburn hosps. co. Dur. 5 July 1650;CJ vi. 437b. Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Yorks. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, E. Riding 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Hedon by Nov. 1640–?d.Supra, ‘Hedon’; E. Riding RO, DDHE/30/1 (Collns. rel. to Hedon), ff. 99v, 118.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 15, 17 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 722a, 725a. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b; Add. 4771, f. 3. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for the revenue, by Mar. 1644;Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 39. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 585a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 24 July 1645;CJ iv. 217b. cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 3 Dec. 1651.CJ vii. 46b. Commr. visitation Camb. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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STRICKLAND, Sir William (c.1596-1673), of Boynton, Yorks.
: of Boynton, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

STRICKLAND, Sir William (c.1596-1673), of Boynton, Yorks.

Will
nuncupative will, 11 Sept. 1673, pr. 26 Sept. 1673.Borthwick, Wills in the Dickering Deanery, Sept. 1673.
Estates
in 1631, fa. fined £40 for distraint of knighthood.E101/682/35. In 1635, Strickland and others purchased manor of Mowthorpe, Yorks. for £3,800.Hull History Centre, U DDSY/80/5, 7. In 1637, inherited estate inc. manor and capital messuage of Boynton, manors of Bridlington, Carnaby and Auburn, East Heslerton, Hedon’s manor in Fraisthorpe, Place Newton in Wintringham; two messuages in York and three in Bridlington; and rectories of Appleton le Street, Boynton, Carnaby, Hessle and Wintringham, Yorks. – in all, worth betw. £1,500 and £2,000 p.a.WARD5/48, bdle. R-Z; C142/553/45; LR9/19, bdle. 5; E. Riding RO, DDSB/2/6/4; Barrington Lttrs. 181; Cliffe, Yorks. 268. In 1647, purchased manor of Fraisthorpe, Yorks. for £1,635.E. Riding RO, DDSB/2/3/15-21; VCH E. Riding, ii. 202. In 1649, paid £2,000 to Sir John Bourchier* as a marriage portion for his eldest da.N. Yorks. RO, Z.838, Strickland pprs. (indenture 26 Oct. 1649). By 1650, owned vicarage and tithes of Carnaby, worth £150 p.a.; tithes of Auburn chapel, worth £15 p.a.; tithes of vicarage of Rillington, worth £18 p.a.; rectory of Wintringham and tithes of Knapton chapel, worth £150 p.a.C94/3, ff. 60, 63; J.C. Cox, ‘Parliamentary survey of the benefices of the E. Riding’, Trans. E. Riding Antiquarian Soc. ii. 55, 63. In 1650, purchased a fee farm rent in Yorks. for £38 19s.SP28/288, f. 15. In 1654, acquired manor of Wilsthorpe, Yorks.VCH E. Riding, ii. 105.
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Addresses
Religion
presented William Campleshon to vicarage of Carnaby, Yorks. 1637; Peter Clarke, 1637; Caleb Wilkinson, 1646;IND1/17000, f. 36. James Atey to vicarage of Agnes Burton, Yorks. 1652; Matthew Wardell to rectory of Patrington, Yorks. 1652; Charles Hotham to rectory of Nunburnholme, Yorks. 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 42v, 47, 49.
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STAPILTON, Sir Philip (1603-47), of Warter Priory, Warter, Yorks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 26 Apr. 1603, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Stapleton (d. 16 Feb. 1631) of Wighill, Yorks. and Mary, da. of Sir John Foster of Alnwick, Northumb.Wighill par. reg.; Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 41, f. 362; J. Foster, Yorks. Peds.; H. E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, ‘The Stapletons of Yorks.’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. viii. 427, 428. educ. Queens’ Camb. 16 May 1617;Al. Cant.; N and Q ser. 2, ii. 468. I. Temple 30 Jan. 1621;I. Temple database. Acad. d’Equitation d’Angers 1625.A Joubert, ‘Les gentilshommes étrangers...à l’Académie d’Equitation d’Angers au XVIIe siécle’, Revue d’Anjou, i. 18 m. (1) 8 Oct. 1629, Frances, da. of Sir John Hotham* of Scorborough, Yorks. and wid. of John Gee of Beverley, Yorks. 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 5 Feb. 1638, Barbara, da. of Henry Lennard†, 12th Baron Dacre of Hurstmonceaux Castle, Suss. 2s. 3da. (2 d.v.p.).Scorborough bishop’s transcript; Foster, Yorks. Peds.; Chetwynd-Stapylton, ‘The Stapletons’, 458-9. Kntd. 25 May 1630.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 197. d. 18 Aug. 1647.A Short and True Narrative of the ... Sicknesse and Death of ... Sir Philip Stapleton (1647), 11 (E.409.3).
Offices Held

Local: commr. charitable uses, Yorks. (E. Riding) 1633;C192/1, unfol. sewers, 5 Dec. 1634-aft. June 1641.C181/4, f. 189v; C181/5, ff. 41v, 198. J.p. 23 Mar. 1636–d.C231/5, p. 198; Add. 29674, f. 148. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. embezzlement inquiry, York 9 Aug. 1641;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 3, p. 65. assessment, E. Riding 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647;SR; A. and O. W. Riding 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647; sequestration, E. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. E., W. Riding 20 June 1645.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. to attend king in Scotland, 20 Aug. 1641;CJ ii. 265b. to treat with Scots commrs. 3 Dec. 1641.CJ ii. 331a; LJ iv. 461a. Member, cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642;CJ ii. 651b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 393a. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a. Member, cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644;A. and O. cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 666b. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645;A. and O. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 24 July 1645.CJ iv. 217b. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646. Member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 4 Aug. 1642-c.Apr. 1645;SP28/1A, f. 155; SP28/2B, f. 522. col. by Nov. 1642-c.Apr. 1645;SP28/2A, f. 251; R. Codrington, The Life and Death of the Illustrious Robert Earle of Essex (1646) 19 (E.358.7); Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 43, 44 lt.-gen. c.Nov. 1644-c.Apr. 1645.CJ v. 62a; ‘Sir William Balfour’, Oxford DNB.

Parlimentarian
STAPILTON, Sir Philip (1603-47), of Warter Priory, Warter, Yorks.
: of Warter Priory, Warter, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

STAPILTON, Sir Philip (1603-47), of Warter Priory, Warter, Yorks.

Will
5 June 1647, pr. 2 Oct. 1647.PROB11/202, f. 24v.
Estates
by 1632, lord of the manor of Warter.E. Riding RO, zDDX152/1/7. In 1636, purchased property at Blanch, near Warter.Chetwynd-Stapylton, ‘The Stapletons’, 445. In 1638, he and another gentleman sold manor of Nuthills, Burstwick, Yorks. for £1,570.C54/3159/22. By 1640, Stapilton was leasing Warter Priory from the queen at a rent of £120 19s p.a.LR9/19, bdle. 5. His estate was estimated to be worth about £500 p.a. bef. civil war.Clarendon, Hist. i. 393. In 1646, he leased a messuage in St Martin’s Lane, Westminster, from the earl of Salisbury at a rent of £30 p.a.Hatfield House, Cecil mss, Accts. 162/1, f. 157. His will referred to his manor of Warter and property in Blanch, Warter and tithes of Warter, Yorks.PROB11/202, ff. 24v, 25. At his d. personal estate reportedly worth at least £2,000 in cash and £6,600 in recognizances, statutes and goods and chattels.C10/72/136.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Blackfriars, London (1638);Chetwynd-Stapylton, ‘The Stapletons’, 445. St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (by Dec. 1646).Hatfield House, Cecil mss, Accts. 162/1, lease bk. 1636-50, f. 157.
Religion
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FOLEY, Thomas (1617-77), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 3 Dec. 1617, 1st surv. s. of Richard Foley (d. 1657), ironmaster, of Stourbridge, Worcs. and 2nd w. Alice, da. of William Brindley of Willenhall, Staffs. m. bef. 1641 Anne (bur. 19 May 1682) da. and h. of John Browne, gunfounder, of Spelmonden, Horsmonden, Kent, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. d. 1 Oct. 1677.Vis. Worcs. 1682-83 ed. Metcalfe, 46-7; The Gen. vi. 120; Great Witley par. reg.; H.E. Palfrey, ‘The Foleys of Stourbridge’, Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. xxi. 2-5.
Offices Held

Mercantile: dep. gov. Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works, 6 Dec. 1647 – d., auditor, 6 Dec. 1649, 4 Dec. 1651, 2 Dec. 1652, 7 Dec. 1654, 7 Dec. 1655; treas. 5 May 1656–10 Mar. 1676.BL, Loan 16, vol. 2, ff. 95, 99v. 107, 108v. 112, 115, 119v. 165v. Member, Soc. of Mines Royal by Jan. 1653; treas. Jan. 1653 – 10 Mar. 1676; dep. gov. 20 May 1658–d.BL, Loan 16, vol. 3, ff. 5v. 12, 29v. 57v.

Local: commr. assessment, Worcs. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 29 May 1656, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Staffs. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.A. and O.; An Order and Declaration (1656, E.1065.7); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. 1650–53; Worcs. 1657 – bef.Oct. 1660, 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Thomas Foley’. Sheriff, 1655. List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 159. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660,SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 698.

Civic: freeman, Portsmouth 1665.Portsmouth Recs. ed East, 358.

Parlimentarian
FOLEY, Thomas I (1617-77), of Witley Court, Worcs.
: Worcs., Great Witley.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, W. Trabute, 1670.Nash, Collns. ii. 466a.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FOLEY, Thomas (1617-77), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.

Will
27 Jan. 1672, pr. 9 Feb. 1678.PROB11/357, f. 9.
Estates
Lands. Bought Wolverley manor, 1648, Chadwick manor, Bromsgrove, 1650, lands in Old Swinford, Stourbridge, 1653, Worcs.; lands in Dudley, Worcs. and Tipton Staffs., 1654; Shelsley Walsh manor, 1654, Dunclent manor, Stone, 1655, Great Witley manor 1656, lands in Holt, 1656, Oldington manor, Kidderminster, 1656, Belbroughton, 1658, lands in Witley, 1659, Hoo manor, 1660, Oddingley manor by 1661, Old Swinford manor, Bedcote manor in Old Swinford, 1661.Worcs. Fines 1649-1714 ed. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist. Soc., 1896), 15, 42, 54, 58, 68, 69, 70, 86, 96. Lessee of wire works of Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works, Whitbrook and Tintern, Mon. at £300 p.a., Feb. 1646- Feb. 1667; at £100 p.a. Dec. 1668-Mar. 1676.BL, Loan 16 vol. 2, ff. 94, 151v. 152, 165v. Lessee of furnaces and forges at Barden, Cowden, Frant, Cranbrook, Hawkhurst, Kent, with George Browne and Peter Courthope, 1650s.H. Cleere, D. Crossley, Iron Industry of the Weald (Cardiff, 1995), 184, 314, 315, 334. After 1660, at least more 9 manors in Worcs., 3 in Herefs.; other lands in Bristol, Staffs. and Worcs.Worcs. Fines 1649-1714 ed. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist. Soc., 1896), 100, 102, 106, 114, 131, 135, 136, 143, 146, 158, 159, 165, 167, 169, 170, 172, 177, 178, 188, 197, 208; VCH Worcs. ii. 356; iii. 25, 169, 172, 203, 212, 216, 219, 439, 459, 571; iv. 293, 329, 333, 336, 372, 374, 375; PROB11/357, f. 9. In 1668 owned 9 forges, 6 furnaces, 3 slitting mills, Worcs., Salop, Staffs. Assets in 1668 valued at £27,493.Stour Valley Iron Works 1668-74 Pt. 1 ed. Schafer, Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. ix), 33, 35, 39. Income estimated by Richard Baxter to be £5,000 p.a.Reliquiae Baxterianae, iii. 93.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
Presented Joseph Read to rectory of Great Witley, 1658;LPL, COMM. III/7, p. 127. Thomas Wright to Great Witley, 20 Nov. 1661;Worcs. Archives, 732:4/BA 2337/24/691. Simon Ford to Old Swinford, 1676;Cal. Baxter Corresp. i. 156. Richard White to vicarage of Kidderminster, 15 Oct. 1677.Worcs. Archives, 732:4/BA 2337/26/1010, 1011.
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MILLINGTON, Gilbert (1597-1666), of Felley Abbey, Annesley, Notts.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 1 Dec. 1597, 1st s. of Anthony Millington of St Clement Danes, Mdx., and Prudence, da. of William Gilbert of Colchester, Essex.St Clement Danes, Westminster par. reg.; C142/382/9; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 405. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 15 Feb. 1612, BA 1616;Al. Cant. L. Inn 19 Oct. 1614.LI Admiss. i. 167. m. (1) 17 Aug. 1618, Alatheie, da. of Thomas Lawley of Much Wenlock, Salop, at least 2s.;St Clement Danes par. reg. (bap. entry, 25 Oct. 1621); Selston, Notts. par. reg. (bap. 19 Apr. 1626); C142/382/9; C6/111/28; Wrockwardine Par. Regs. ed. W.A.C. Sandford-Thompson (Shrops. Par. Reg. Soc. viii), 13. (2) c.1646, Anne, da. of ?Anthony Millington of Nottingham, s.p.;St Mary, Nottingham par. reg.; C6/111/30; C78/500/4. (3) settlement 9 July 1650, Grace, da. and coh. of Hugh Jermyn of Combe Rewe, Broadclyst, Devon, ?s.p.C6/111/28; C78/500/4; PROB11/200, f. 224. suc. fa. 6 Oct. 1620;C142/382/9. d. c. Sept. 1666.CSP Dom. 1670, p. 714.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn. 14 June 1621.LI Black Bks. ii. 222. Master in chancery, extraordinary, by May 1639–?, July 1655–?CSP Dom. 1639, p. 151; C202/39/5.

Local: commr. sewers, River Trent, Lincs., Notts. and Yorks. 6 June 1629.C181/4, f. 17. J.p. Notts. 3 July 1629-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 13. Commr. charitable uses, 3 Dec. 1630, 5 Sept. 1634, 18 July 1649, 12 July 1653;C192/1, unfol.; C93/20/1; C93/22/12. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 32; CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 54; CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/003, p. 33. Dep. lt. by Feb. 1638-aft. 9 Aug. 1642.SP16/381/73, f. 157; CJ ii. 647b; LJ v. 173b, 275b. Commr. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210v. subsidy, Notts. 1641; further subsidy, Notts., Nottingham 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Notts. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Nottingham 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O. Mdx., Westminster 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Notts. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 19 July 1644–?CJ iii. 563b; LJ vi. 641b. Commr. oyer and terminer, Notts., Nottingham 20 Feb. 1645; Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 15, 371. gaol delivery, Notts., Nottingham 20 Feb. 1645.C181/5, ff. 248v, 249. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. Notts., Nottingham 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Notts. 26 July 1659;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 24 Oct. 1657.SP25/78, p. 237.

Civic: freeman, Nottingham 12 Oct. 1640–?d.;Notts. RO, CA 3415, f. 91. dep. recorder, 14 July 1642–6 Jan. 1647.Nottingham Borough Recs. v. 204–5, 247–8.

Central: member, cttee. of examinations, 28 Oct. 1642.CJ ii. 825b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647;LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for sequestrations by 6 Oct. 1643;SP20/1, pt. 1, f. 58. cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 283b. Commr. to reside with Scottish army, 19 July 1644.CJ iii. 563b; LJ vi. 642a. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645,A. and O. 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almhouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b.

Parlimentarian
MILLINGTON, Gilbert (1597-1666), of Felley Abbey, Annesley, Notts.
: of Felley Abbey, Notts., Annesley.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MILLINGTON, Gilbert (1597-1666), of Felley Abbey, Annesley, Notts.

Will
attainted.
Estates
in 1620, inherited capital messuage of Felley Abbey and property in Annesley, Bagthorpe, Felley and Selston, Notts., valued at £200 p.a.; and moiety of a house in St Clement Danes, Mdx. leased from countess of Arundel.PROB11/136, f. 103; C142/389/9; C3/334/36. In 1626, assessed at £20 for the privy seal loan.SP16/19/21, f. 41. In the early 1630s, assessed at £12 10s for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 139. In the early 1650s, purchased property in Annesley Woodhouse and Kirkby Woodhouse from the treason trustees out of money allowed him by the Commons for his losses.CCC 1735; CJ vi. 571b. By 1654, had purchased from trustees for the sale of church lands two tenements in Dean’s Yard, St Margaret, Westminster, for £209.LR2/266, f. 5; WCA, SMW/E/47/1602-3; SMW/E/2/173. By 1660, estate inc. property in Annesley Woodhouse, Brinsley, Kirkby Woodhouse and Sibthorpe, Notts.E178/6403. In 1660, estate in Notts. valued at £317 p.a.LR2/266, ff. 1, 24.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
The Pear, the Great Sanctuary, Westminster (1645).Bodl. Nalson IV, f. 280v.
Religion
presented Leonard Curtis to rectory of Wilford, Notts., 1652; George Fisher to rectory of Hickling, Notts., 1652; Marmaduke James to rectory of Watton-at-Stone, Herts., 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 40, 40v, 53. Elder, Nottingham classis, 1654;J.A. Williams, ‘The Nottingham Presbyterian classis’, Trans. Unitarian Hist. Soc. viii. 166, 168. Greasley, Notts. 1656.J.C. Warren, ‘Early recs. of a Presbyterian congregation: The High Pavement, Nottingham’ Trans. Unitarian Hist. Soc. i. 86.
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